These cases may involve false police reports. According to the U.S. Attorney's Office, the Police Department and Baltimore City State's Attorney's Office have been provided a summary of the cases in question, which total between six and 12, the I-Team learned.

The cases are now in question as a result of the same investigation involving city police Officer Kendell Richburg, who just pleaded guilty in federal court in a scheme involving an informant. Richburg kept the heat off the informant, a drug dealer, and, in return, the dealer told Richburg who he sold drugs to so Richburg could make it seem like he witnessed a drug deal, WBAL-TV 11 News I-Team lead investigative reporter Jayne Miller reported.

Richburg was wiretapped in the investigation, and the other cases came to light because of the wiretaps, Miller said.

Richburg was assigned to a special unit called the Violent Crime Impact Division in the city's Northwest District. The names of the defendants in the other cases or the crimes alleged were not immediately known.